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13 hours ago, Blotto said:

All I know is lidar costs are falling fast as volume picks up. I have seen multiple references online speculating Lidar sensors in the $200-300 range in 2025.

The iPad Pro has Lidar sensors in the camera. Granted, the distance is fairly limited, to around 5 meters, but it's really accurate. We have used it for some some projects recently.  So, lower grade Lidar sensors are probably $50 or less already.  

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Rumor has it Tesler had to halt cybertruck sales because the glue holding the stainless steel panels onto the piece of shit is failing. What a laughable fucking disaster that thing is. 

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The glue holding the pickup truck’s stainless steel exterior in place is failing for many Tesla customers, causing its sides to protrude. It’s the latest of numerous instances of build quality issues with the Cybertruck, a once-promising vehicle now beset by problems.

In the the latest sign the Tesla Cybertruck risks becoming Elon Musk’s first full-blown flop, sales of the pickup have been halted amid growing cases of metal panelling falling off. 

On Thursday, EV enthusiast site Electrek reported Tesla delivery agents as saying all outbound vehicles have been stopped amid concerns that the glue holding the exterior stainless steel panelling in place is failing. 

The issue isn’t new but it has remained unaddressed. Owners living in cold weather conditions in particular have been warning about it for weeks, posting images of sharp-edged metal trim protruding from their vehicles and flapping in the wind while driving. Some have even taken to reporting the problem to the federal traffic safety authority NHTSA, Road & Track reported last month.

But an image circulated recently showing the entire front bumper dangling loosely from the body may have tipped the scale.

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Well there was actually a protest at the Tesla I assume sales office, at Pond Springs and 183 this morning.  Actually had maybe 60-85 people when I drove by, to Leaf Nursery.  Looked like more cars had parked and I realized I needed to U-Turn to avoid the congestion.  About that time I saw some dude in a suit in the back of a Tesla with a Bullhorn headed to defend Musk and Tesla.  I guess the very popular "Don't buy a Swasticar," has come over from Europe.  

sure wish I had bought that March 21, $560 put for $150 I chickened out on.

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I see Elmo is pissy that certain Canadian province(s) have announced Teslas are no longer eligible for EV rebates. So he is throwing his normal fit, threatening to cut off star link & Space X from the 51st state

And he had no reason why anyone hates him so much.

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19 minutes ago, Updawg said:

There going to be a shit ton of used Tesla’s for sale but I’m not buying one even though I need to get another car. I almost did a few years ago. Fuck him

Yup. Any out of pocket repair work that you have done at Tesla facilities puts money in that human buttplug's pocket. Hell, with the marked up replacement part prices Tesler charges, you're funding that dude even if you have work done at a 3rd party shop. Fuck funding that psycho. 

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I’m kinda dumb so tell me if I’m wrong… Last round of reporting Tesla boosted their finances by marking up their crypto holdings to the inflated market value. Assuming crypto stays in the ballpark of today, about 15-20% down from ATH a couple months ago, is Tesla gonna be totally turbo fucked updating those holdings in addition to shit sales next quarterly report?

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On 3/15/2025 at 1:55 PM, horn4life said:

Well there was actually a protest at the Tesla I assume sales office, at Pond Springs and 183 this morning.  Actually had maybe 60-85 people when I drove by, to Leaf Nursery.  Looked like more cars had parked and I realized I needed to U-Turn to avoid the congestion.  About that time I saw some dude in a suit in the back of a Tesla with a Bullhorn headed to defend Musk and Tesla.  I guess the very popular "Don't buy a Swasticar," has come over from Europe.  

sure wish I had bought that March 21, $560 put for $150 I chickened out on.

That was Alex Jones. You should have stopped at HEB, bought every tomato they had, and gone back and passed them out to the protesters. 

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53 minutes ago, bluto said:

I’m kinda dumb so tell me if I’m wrong… Last round of reporting Tesla boosted their finances by marking up their crypto holdings to the inflated market value. Assuming crypto stays in the ballpark of today, about 15-20% down from ATH a couple months ago, is Tesla gonna be totally turbo fucked updating those holdings in addition to shit sales next quarterly report?

Probably just easier to issue an executive order stipulating Tesla no longer is required to report financials as a matter of national security. Elon will however give quarterly updates on the spectacular success of FSD, his baby mama counts, and his latest conquests playing Path of Exile 2. 

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2 hours ago, bluto said:

I’m kinda dumb so tell me if I’m wrong… Last round of reporting Tesla boosted their finances by marking up their crypto holdings to the inflated market value. Assuming crypto stays in the ballpark of today, about 15-20% down from ATH a couple months ago, is Tesla gonna be totally turbo fucked updating those holdings in addition to shit sales next quarterly report?

Tesla reported $36B of cash and $1B of net digital assets, using last reporting date is ~10,000BTC. Total assets $122B. 

Marking to current prices for crypto reduces that down to $895M of net digital assets, reducing their total assets to $121.9B. 

 

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Musk forced to halt Cybertruck deliveries as parts fall off
Elon Musk’s Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles.

Customers posting on the Cybertruck Owners Club website – as well as on Mr Musk’s own X, formerly Twitter – said they had been told by agents that deliveries were on hold.

Electric vehicle-enthusiast website Electrek said the decision was taken amid increasing instances of trim and panels “flying off the supposedly ‘bulletproof’ electric truck.”

https://archive.is/c7G59

 

Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won’t buy a Tesla car
A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn’t bode well for the automaker, whose sales had already been falling off a cliff in the important European market.

In 2024, Tesla saw a 41% reduction in sales in Germany compared to 2023 despite EV sales surging 27% during the year.

This has already raised red flags about Tesla’s future in Germany, but it is nothing compared to Tesla’s performance so far in 2025.

Tesla’s sales were down 70% in the first two months of 2025, and again, that’s compared to its already poor performance in 2024.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/14/tesla-is-done-in-germany-94-say-they-wont-buy-a-tesla-car/

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4 hours ago, Blotto said:

Probably just easier to issue an executive order stipulating Tesla no longer is required to report financials as a matter of national security. Elon will however give quarterly updates on the spectacular success of FSD, his baby mama counts, and his latest conquests playing Path of Exile 2. 

About that FSD...


C'mon Elon, nobody forced you to choose LIDAR against camera sensors.  Just tell us your cars are cheap.
 

 

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